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Seagate Says Ex-Employee Can't Work For Competitor
deweller writes "According to a story at MacCentral, Hard drive maker Seagate Technology LLC is seeking a court injunction to prevent a former employee, Pete Goglia, from going to work for Western Digital Corp. any time in the next 2 years, saying Goglia knows too much about Seagate's hard-drive reading and writing technology to work for a competitor."
Evil... NonCompete
Do to long periods without intimate female companionship, I've discovered too much information about how to pleasure myself, that I am not allowed to have sex for two years.
Yes, that will now be my official excuse.
Uh huh. They can also demand I give them a pony.
I'll be glad to give them the finger, but they can't coerce me to do anything when I'm leaving the firm.
Why yes, I AM a rocket scientist!
I was such a bad employee that my ex-employer forced me to work for their competitor.
> Can't work in their field of expertise
But, as this guy has 17 with Seagate under his belt, it could be argued that Seagate gave him his field of expertise, and if he hadn't been working there, it would be extremely unlikely that WD would want him.
Take this as a warning to all: Don't become too good at thing unless you plan to spend your life with one company. "Transferable skills" may not pay as much as a guru, but given that the number of gurus is pretty limited (think of diffy), its probably a better deal. I just turned down an otherwise incredible job because it would mean going for national security clearance, implying giving up my second (european) passport and severely limiting my movements outside the country.
Norman Cook's Ode to Sl
How can he get ahead if they don't let him seek a new position in this sector? If not, I hope he's able to stay on track and spin up at the new job.
Sorry
Just another day in Paradise
I hope this works. It'll be awesome. Finally, my own pony!
PHB:[Hands paper to Wally] Here sign this.
Wally: What's this?
PHB: It's a non-compete agreement. By signing, you agree not to do any work for a competitor for 5 years if you leave the company.
Wally: No problem.
[PHB leaves]
Wally: [Thinking] I haven't done any work here in the last five years.
Well, there's spam egg sausage and spam, that's not got much spam in it.
Being on the other side of the fence (an employer), I surely hope Seagate wins this.
C'mon Darl- you don't have to post A/C.
Who have I missed?
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Rikkards learns Litigation +1
Vote for global prefs bug
Lawyer: "I've looked at the agreement. You're pretty much fucked."
You: "Is the agreement that bad?"
Laywer: "The agreement? No. I'm talking about my fees."
RMN
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> Who have I missed?
Monsanto and the Nigerian Government
Do daemons dream of electric sleep()?
Seriously, why was this story reported on a Mac web site? If Mr. Goglia is a Mac programmer, perhaps the real reason he can't get a job is that he only knows a proprietary niche programming language (Objective-C) and a proprietary niche API (Cocoa/Carbon, etc.)
Best Buy can have you arrested
Time to equalize the bargaining power ... amend your contract to say, "For every month that my employment is restricted by your noncompete clause, you are prohibited from selling any product which I had a hand in developing." ;)
~REZ~ #43301. Who'd fake being me anyway?